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hitting the faa hard. already triggering long lines at airports nationwide. >>> and an a-list arrest. it's the latest celebrity mug shot. hollywood's darling, reese witherspoon, issuing an apology overnight.
hitting the faa hard. already triggering long lines at airports nationwide. >>> and an a-list arrest. it's the latest celebrity mug shot. hollywood's darling, reese witherspoon, issuing an apology overnight.
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. >>> if you have travel plans, better start packing some patience, the faa begins its furloughs of 47,000 employees, that starts today. expect delays at the nation's busiest airports. >>> plus, drowning your sorrows may cost you some more. budweiser have given the approval of a merger with corona. beer prices nonetheless are going to rise. bottoms up. >>> time now for the weather, by the way, and we're going to go over to erica martin. good morning. >> i'm really excited about this image that was sent to us we tim burgess. the international space station over stonehenge. a live shot over miami, a little stormy for today. unfortunately not looking fabulous, at least not for this sunday and conditions will be rough out there. thunderstorms could be working their way across florida today, tomorrow as well. as we take a look at this cooler air makes its way down for the north, temperatures will remain well below average for this time of the year, the average for minneapolis is 60 degrees. 47 degree, temperatures for today, we're seeing a couple of 40s out there across the nation and 60 as wel
. >>> if you have travel plans, better start packing some patience, the faa begins its furloughs of 47,000 employees, that starts today. expect delays at the nation's busiest airports. >>> plus, drowning your sorrows may cost you some more. budweiser have given the approval of a merger with corona. beer prices nonetheless are going to rise. bottoms up. >>> time now for the weather, by the way, and we're going to go over to erica martin. good morning. >> i'm...
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the faa says flights can resume after federal authorities approved a fix for the problem batteries on that plane. the planes could be flying again within a week. dan and bianna, back to you. >> thank you so much. time now for the weather. guess what? we gave ginger the weekend off. >> unacceptable. >> i didn't think that was allowed. we welcome our friend, erika martine. filling in from our affiliate in new haven, connecticut. good morning, erika. >> good morning. we're going to start with the national forecast. flooding concerns across the upper midwest, including indiana, illinois, and michigan. we do have some video shot here. just how severe the situation is. over 1,000 people have been evacuated. that's not the end of it. we have concerns with frost advisories and watches in the south. temperatures dipping below average here. 37 in nashville, 32 in indianapolis. and st. louis, 34 degrees. however, if you do want warmer temperatures, you're going to have to travel to palm springs, 93. looking good. sacramento, 84. >> back to you, bianna and dan. >> erika, thank you for that. we ap
the faa says flights can resume after federal authorities approved a fix for the problem batteries on that plane. the planes could be flying again within a week. dan and bianna, back to you. >> thank you so much. time now for the weather. guess what? we gave ginger the weekend off. >> unacceptable. >> i didn't think that was allowed. we welcome our friend, erika martine. filling in from our affiliate in new haven, connecticut. good morning, erika. >> good morning. we're...
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. >>> air travelers across the country are in for another day of flight delays, as the faa scrambles to make due with fewer air traffic controllers. some of the nation's busiest airports fell behind because federal budget cuts have resulted in furloughs across the faa. delays are ranging from 15 minutes to several hours. >>> the record rainfall and flooding that's inundating much of the midwest is far from over. in peoria, the illinois river is cresting today, expected to hit nearly 30 feet. the problem is flood stage is only 18 feet. mississippi and other river towns are seeing similar swamping. near st. louis, more than 100 barges broke free, some smashing into bridges. at least ten of them sank. >>> and there's evidence that we are not exaggerating about the water levels. here it is. take a look at a fish swimming by someone's office window. that's in grand rapids. the river there crested at nearly 22 feet. >> my goodness. >> yikes. >>> today's forecast for the flood zone won't be a welcome one. plan on plenty of rain stretching from south texas all the way to the great lakes. and
. >>> air travelers across the country are in for another day of flight delays, as the faa scrambles to make due with fewer air traffic controllers. some of the nation's busiest airports fell behind because federal budget cuts have resulted in furloughs across the faa. delays are ranging from 15 minutes to several hours. >>> the record rainfall and flooding that's inundating much of the midwest is far from over. in peoria, the illinois river is cresting today, expected to hit...
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faa furloughs went into effect leaving fewer air traffic controllers on the job and we have more from abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: the delays piled up in charlotte. waits up to 75 minutes at baltimore washington and at all three new york airports. >> when you have cuts like this, it's not good. it's one of the very few jobs, i think, that should not have one. >> reporter: the faa didn't mince words, blaming most of the backlog on federal budget cuts. the agency said, the crunch forced it to furlough its air traffic controllers one day every other week. it saves the agency nearly $640 million, but the faa says it could cost travelers 90-minute delays on 6,700 flights every day. and the early numbers show delays at baltimore washington anew york's laguardia, spiking fourfold over last monday. part of that could be weather related. but at other airports like philadelphia, not much change. to see for ourselves, we boarded a flight in miami for orlando. here's the confusing thing. the flights to washington, d.c., all seem to be delayed from miami. but but flight tracker here on faa webs
faa furloughs went into effect leaving fewer air traffic controllers on the job and we have more from abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: the delays piled up in charlotte. waits up to 75 minutes at baltimore washington and at all three new york airports. >> when you have cuts like this, it's not good. it's one of the very few jobs, i think, that should not have one. >> reporter: the faa didn't mince words, blaming most of the backlog on federal budget cuts. the agency said, the...
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investors cheered that earnings news and the expectation that the faa will clear the dream liner for passenger flight later this week. boeing gained more than 3% today and is up more than 20% this year. >>> yesterday's fake associated press tweet the one that sent the markets into a temporary tailspin escalated concerns about corporate internet security and how safe all our online accounts really are. today a victory for the good guys. police in australia arrested a man believed to be a high level member of the computer hacking ring called lose security. it's part of the larger group known as anonymous. which has claimed responsibility for cyber attacks on the cia, sony pictures and even public broadcasting service. meanwhile, online brokerage giant charles schwab admitted the website was the target of a seco cyber attack in as many days. denying its clients access to their online accounts for several hours. the problem has been resolved and schwab investors can safely trade again. >>> with so many of those schwab clients using mobile devices to conduct trades. another worry on every
investors cheered that earnings news and the expectation that the faa will clear the dream liner for passenger flight later this week. boeing gained more than 3% today and is up more than 20% this year. >>> yesterday's fake associated press tweet the one that sent the markets into a temporary tailspin escalated concerns about corporate internet security and how safe all our online accounts really are. today a victory for the good guys. police in australia arrested a man believed to be...
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they blame it on furloughs from the faa. the faa intends to cut 10% of staffing. that's to save roughly $200 million coming out of the $637 million that it needs to cut from its budget. now the board behind me shows we are with seeing delays of 15 to 45 minutes in terms of the departures. in terms of the arrivals we are seeing 30 to 45 minutes. of course that's due to congestion. we have data that shows yesterday more than half of the flights at this airport did experience a delay. in addition to some security concerns, of course, from the furlough, how this is going to impact airlines and the broader economy is a big issue. southwest estimates the cost could be $200 million a year for that airline. american, of course, a bigger airline saying that it could cost them $650 million a year. carl, a couple of caveats to think about. of course weather could be the biggest reason you see flight delays. we had windy conditions here in new york city. everybody was willing to point the finger at the sequester. the other issue, of course, is the fact that you have different
they blame it on furloughs from the faa. the faa intends to cut 10% of staffing. that's to save roughly $200 million coming out of the $637 million that it needs to cut from its budget. now the board behind me shows we are with seeing delays of 15 to 45 minutes in terms of the departures. in terms of the arrivals we are seeing 30 to 45 minutes. of course that's due to congestion. we have data that shows yesterday more than half of the flights at this airport did experience a delay. in addition...
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furloughs by the faa are the result of automatic, federal spending cuts imposed by the sequester. the fight over blame for it now in the senate. last night it was on the floor. democrat harry reid proposed to suspend the sequester and it was met with sharp opposition. >> we have created a situation where we are going to discomfort and inconvenience hundreds of thousands of american people on a political point because we can't cut any spending in washington. >> several senators are urging the obama administration to put off to furlough to give all sides to find other ways to handle the spending cus. >>> police in beverly hills looking for a driver behind a violent cage of road rage all captured on camera. the driver in a white bmw chased a man on the bicycle into an alley. rammed into him, and pinned him to a metal garbage bin. peels out in reverse with the cyclist still hanging on to the car. then speeds away. there it is again. ouch. police say the driver is going to face serious charges if and when he is caught. >> there was a small dispute, verbal argument initially. and then t
furloughs by the faa are the result of automatic, federal spending cuts imposed by the sequester. the fight over blame for it now in the senate. last night it was on the floor. democrat harry reid proposed to suspend the sequester and it was met with sharp opposition. >> we have created a situation where we are going to discomfort and inconvenience hundreds of thousands of american people on a political point because we can't cut any spending in washington. >> several senators are...